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It may be the most impressive thing that can be done. And the best kind of thinking, or more precisely the best proof that one has thought well, is to make good new things. I mean new things in a very general sense. Newton's physics was a good new thing. Indeed, the first version of this principle was to have good new ideas. But that didn't seem general enough: it didn't include making art or music, for example, except insofar as they embody new ideas. And while they may embody new ideas, that's not all they embody, unless you stretch the word "idea" so uselessly thin that it includes everything that goes through your nervous system. Even for ideas that one has consciously, though, I prefer the phrasing "make good new things." There are other ways to describe the best kind of thinking.

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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 2 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

思考可能是能做的最高级的事。而最好的思考,或者说思考得好的最佳证明,就是创造美好的新事物。这里的“新事物”非常广义。牛顿的物理学就是美好的新事物。最初这个原则是“有好想法”,但不够通用:没包括艺术或音乐,除非它们体现新想法。而它们可能体现新想法,但不只体现新想法,除非把“想法”这个词拉伸到无用。即使对于有意识的想法,我也更喜欢“创造美好的新事物”这个说法。描述最好的思考还有其他方式。

上下文

同出《该做什么》,格雷厄姆进一步解释为何用“创造美好的新事物”而非“好想法”来概括最高级的思考。

今日一问

你最近有没有把某个想法变成实际的新事物?如果没有,卡在哪一步?

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